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Zed Beats: how home studios reinvented Zambian pop music and gave young people a voice

Zed Beats artists aren’t known for political songs, but they’ve become so popular that they’re used to mobilise voters during elections.

Zed Beats: how home studios reinvented Zambian pop music and gave young people a voice
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Zed Beats artists aren’t known for political songs, but they’ve become so popular that they’re used to mobilise voters during elections.

Original source: The Conversation
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